A fancy post on prayer will not happen today (and obviously did not happen yesterday)...
Spent Friday from 1 to 5 am in the Emergency Room with 4 yo who could not stop vomiting...he has strep throat and a double ear infection and needed serious meds to stop the nausea and keep the antibiotic down...
About 2 hours ago today (saturday) 6 yo started vomiting and complaining of sore throat so DH is back at ER (I told him he at least got daytime duty)...
Oh, and it is my ds#2 17th birthday today! He wanted gyros for dinner and a cookie cake for dessert and his older brother and younger sister each got him a shamrock shake from McD so he could drink 2 (because whenever he is done with one he says, "boy, That was so good I wish I had another!")
So, how does prayer fit in to all this craziness?
Not in a long theological discourse for sure!
It fits in while sitting in an ER praying for the drug to work and stop my little one from vomiting every 15 minutes...
It fits in while watching the first news reports coming out of Japan in the ER and praying for all affected...
It fits into being thankful that DH is home to take 6 yo to the ER during the daytime hours...
It fits into being thankful we have health insurance to pay for sick children and their medicine...
It fits into spending a moment with the daily readings from today's Mass on an iPad while nursing a clingy 2 year old...
It fits into desperately entreating the Lord not to let the 2 year old get sick next...
It fits into spending a moment of thanksgiving for my birthday boy and asking the Lord to bless and protect him this coming year and to help him make the decisions and do the work needed for his future....
One can never say they do not have time to pray.
Prayer can be the fabric that the threads of our lives are woven throughout.
Lord, help me to pray without ceasing, no matter what each moment brings!
I'm so sorry. There are few things worse than really sick kids, as you know better than I do! But your post is really beautiful. I aspire to pray like that...prayer is too often an afterthought for me, but I want to get to the point where it's my knee-jerk response to everything.
ReplyDeleteI will certainly pray for you and your poor children, and your husband! And the birthday boy, of course.
Oh, and re: Dora the Explorer...ugh. There are few more horrible hallucinations I could imagine. Maybe watch Dumbo with the kids today, so that your hallucinations later can at least include interesting pink elephants?
I can't believe you gave up alcohol and caffeine. I could do them one at a time, but never together. You are amazing.
Thanks for the sympathy Calah! The washing machine got a real workout yesterday as both the birthday boy and the 2 year old became the next victims of our "creeping crud"...
ReplyDeleteYes, pink elephants would be infinitely preferable, but my 2 yo has just become a certified "Dora- holic" so Vamanos we go...
The only way I am making it through my Lenten give-up of caffeine is the really good decaf coffee I found for the Keurig single-cup machine hubby got me for Valentine's Day, Coffee People Donut Shop Decaf and Newmans Own organic extra-bold decaf are both awesome andvare helping me during my caffeine detox...
I think I have another 20+ years of spiritual growth needed before I could give up all coffee though!
How is the whole "no grain" thing going? I am already gluten-free but I do love my rice and quinoa...